Ice creeper



y 28, 1940- c. c. BECKEL 2,202,570

ICE CREEPER Filed Dec. 23, 1938 in ven idr ,eriffiecfeZ,

A iiorneys Patented May 28, 1940 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE 2,202,570ICE CREEPER Carl Clifford Beckel, Glemmons, N. 0. Application December23, 1938, Serial No. 247,525

3 Claims.

The present invention relates to new and useful improvements in icecreepers and has for its primary object to provide, in a manner ashereinafter set forth, a device of this character em- 5 bodying a novelconstruction, combination and arrangement of parts through the medium ofwhich the device may be readily attached to a shoe or removed therefrom.

Other objects of the invention are to provide an ice creeper of theaforementioned character which will be comparatively simple inconstruction, strong, durable, highly efficient and reliable in use,compact, light in weight and which may be manufactured at low cost.

All of the foregoing and still further objects and advantages of theinvention will become apparent from a study of the followingspecification, taken in connection with the accompanying drawing whereinlike characters of reference designate corresponding parts throughoutthe several views, and wherein:

Figure 1 is a top plan view of my invention.

Figure 2 is a bottom plan view of the invention.

Figure 3 is a side tion, and

Figure 4 is a vertical transverse sectional view taken substantially onthe line 4-4 of Figure 3.

Referring now to the drawing in detail it will be seen that thereference numeral 5 designates generally a substantially fiat metalplate having one end portion thereof tapered as at 6 while the oppositeend 1 thereof is substantially at'right angles to the side edges 8 and9. A substantially U-shaped shoe sole engaging finger It! extends fromthe side edge 8 of the plate 5 and is integral therewith. oppositelydisposed ears II are stamped from the plate 5 to form a guideway for thereception of a substantially U-shaped slid- 40 ing shoe sole engagingfinger l2 which is opposed to the shoe sole engaging finger l0.

The sliding U- haped finger I2 is held in position by a tension springl3 which is secured at one end thereof to the sliding finger l2 throughthe medium of a hook 14 while the other end of the spring. I3 is engagedon a projection l5 extending from the plate 5. An operating handle 16 isbent and extends from the sliding finger l2.

A disk-like metal plate I! is bolted or otherwise 50 secured as at l8 tothe plate 5 at the tapered end portion thereof, and has extendingdownwardly and substantially at right angles therefrom a series oftapered teeth like projections l9.

when in use the device is fastened to a shoe elevational view of theinventhrough the medium of the U-shaped fingers l and I2 which are heldin clamping position by the tension spring l3, with the edge 'I abuttingthe breast of the shoe heel, and the disk I'I positioned beneath thesole of the shoe.

Although I have shown and described herein a preferred embodiment of myinvention, it is to be definitely understood that I do not desire tolimit the application of the invention thereto, and any change orchanges may be made in the materials and in the structure andarrangement of the parts, within the spirit of the invention as claimed.

What is claimed is:

1. A device of the character described comprising a plate-like member,an integral U-shaped jaw extending from one side edge portion of saidplate-like member, a second sliding U-shaped jaw positioned oppositesaid integral U-shaped jaw, meansfor sliding said second U-shaped jawtowards said integral U-shaped jaw to clamp the plate and U-shaped jawsto a shoe sole, and a disk-like pronged element secured at its center tosaid plate.

2. A device of the character described, comprising a plate-like member,an integral U- shaped jaw, extending from one side edge portion of saidplate-like member, tongues punched from said plate-like member to form aguideway for a sliding U-shaped jaw, means for yieldably holding thejaws in closed position to clamp the plate-like member to a shoe sole, asubstantially disk-like member secured at its center to said plate, andspurs integral with and extending from the periphery of said disk-likemember substantially at right angles thereto.

3. A device of the character described comprising a plate-like member,anintegral U- shaped jaw extending from one side edge portion of saidplate-like member, spaced tongues 40 punched from said plate-like memberin spaced relation to one side edge thereof to form a guideway for asliding U-shaped jaw, a coil spring secured at one end portion to saidplate-like member and at its other end portion to said U-shaped slidingjaw for normally holding said jaws in clamping position on a shoe sole,a substantially disk-like member secured at its center to one endportion of said plate-like member, and spurs integral with and extendingdownwardly from the periphery of said disk-like member for antislippingcontact with a supporting surface.

CARL CLIFFORD BECKEIL-

